chris's blog

Australia - but debate sounds like Ontario

Submitted by chris on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 12:35

For well over two decades there have been dire warnings of a looming crisis in the health care system due to the exponential increase in the ageing population, the burden of chronic disease and significant workforce shortages. In rural areas, we are now seeing the beginnings of catastrophic health workforce shortages that without action will cripple the health care system. Read more

On the outside looking in on Canadian health care

Submitted by chris on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 07:02

The Canadian Health care system as compared to the US by Uwe Reinhardt, a leading adviser on health care economics and professor of political economy at Princeton University read more ....

Unhappy Meals

Submitted by chris on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 06:57

An essay by Micheal Pollan in the New York Times - Fascinating view on the state of food ... read more (long - 12 pages)

Rural Americans becoming less fit and more obese

Submitted by chris on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 06:30

Rural people were once better off in terms of physical activity, nutrition and weight than urbanites.

However, according to a recent report released by the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, rural residents now fare worse than their urban counterparts in regard to obesity rates — the opposite of what existed prior to 1980. For more ....

A Channel covering unveiling of collaborative project technology

Submitted by chris on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 12:22

Cameras from A Channel TV news were rolling as Rob Petrella and his team demonstrated the data gathering technology which will be tested in the newly lauched pilot project . Gateway board and staff were given insight into the potential for addressing the need for lifestyle modification as the first line of attack on type B diabetes and other ĺifetyle driven illnesses in our community.

Exercise isn't cutting it in Perth County

Submitted by chris on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 12:07

The Perth District Health Unit surveyed 770 adults in Perth and Huron counties as part of the In Motion program to get people off the couch and moving. On the surface, results look good, especially in a community where 50 per cent of the population is overweight or obese. But most of the 70 per cent who exercise reported they participate in "light" activities rather than moderate or vigorous workouts.http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1382704